Nokia, the world’s biggest handset manufacturer, has reported a 40% year on year decline in profits for the three months ended on 30 June 2010. Profits at the manufacturer over the last three months were 227m euros (£191m). Nokia reported that gross margin on devices and services has fallen to 30%, down 34% from the same period last year and down 32% on the last quarter.

Net sales of devices and services grew by 3% year on year from 6 586m euros to 6 799m euros, despite the margin on sales dipping by almost 4% during the same period. The average sales price of Nokia devices declined by 4% when compared with the same period last year. In Q2 2009 a Nokia device sold for an average of 64 euros, the price dropped to 61 euros in Q2 2010.

In Europe, the handset giant saw sales of its devices remain steady. Sales in Europe increased by 1% year on year, but declined by 1% sequentially. Globally, mobile device volumes grew by 8% year on year. Nokia estimates that its global market share is now around 33%, a fall of 2% from 35% in the second quarter of 2009.
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka-Kallasvuo said: ’Despite facing continuing competitive challenges, we ended the second quarter with several reasons to be optimistic about our future. For one, the global handset market has continued to grow at a healthy pace, led by some of the less mature markets where Nokia is strong. We are also encouraged by the solid second quarter performance of our mobile phones business, helped by an improving line-up of affordable models.

Nokia, the world’s biggest handset manufacturer, has reported a 40% year on year decline in profits for the three months ended on 30 June 2010. Profits at the manufacturer over the last three months were 227m euros (£191m). Nokia reported that gross margin on devices and services has fallen to 30%, down 34% from the same period last year and down 32% on the last quarter.

Net sales of devices and services grew by 3% year on year from 6 586m euros to 6 799m euros, despite the margin on sales dipping by almost 4% during the same period. The average sales price of Nokia devices declined by 4% when compared with the same period last year. In Q2 2009 a Nokia device sold for an average of 64 euros, the price dropped to 61 euros in Q2 2010.

In Europe, the handset giant saw sales of its devices remain steady. Sales in Europe increased by 1% year on year, but declined by 1% sequentially. Globally, mobile device volumes grew by 8% year on year. Nokia estimates that its global market share is now around 33%, a fall of 2% from 35% in the second quarter of 2009.
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka-Kallasvuo said: ’Despite facing continuing competitive challenges, we ended the second quarter with several reasons to be optimistic about our future. For one, the global handset market has continued to grow at a healthy pace, led by some of the less mature markets where Nokia is strong. We are also encouraged by the solid second quarter performance of our mobile phones business, helped by an improving line-up of affordable models.

New app for Nokia devices was introduced earlier today by Nokia Beta Labs called “Nokia Mobile Communities“. Nokia Mobile Communities provides a unique way to connect with people by creating private and public communities. Private communities, called Conversations, help you connect with friends, families and coworkers. Public communities, called Streams, allow you to follow people and topics that matter to you.
During this beta trial, the service is only available to users in India. While the app will work on all Nokia devices that support Java, they optimized the application for S40 phones with 240×320 screen resolution. Keeping the Indian context in mind, presently SMS is the bearer of communication for the service to reduce cost to the user. A simple-SMS interface is also supported, especially for non-Nokia devices.

Nokia Mobile Communities is our attempt to provide a complete communities experience to the aforesaid users on the mobile phone without a dependency on the web or PC. The product has two main flavors – Conversations and Streams. Conversations, is ideal for short group chats with your social network (like coordinating when to meet for a movie or to occasionally check how things are going). Streams, helps create channels for community building and following a topic (e.g. career tips, hyper-local news) or a person (e.g. fan group for a Bollywood star).

List of compatible phones:

S40 devices
Nokia 6216 classic
S40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 0
Nokia 3610 fold, Nokia 6263, Nokia 6267, Nokia 6555, Nokia 7500 Prism
S40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1
Nokia 2690, Nokia 2700 classic, Nokia 2730 classic, Nokia 3120 classic, Nokia 3208 classic, Nokia 3555, Nokia 3600 slide, Nokia 5130 XpressMusic, Nokia 5220 XpressMusic, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, Nokia 5610 XpressMusic, Nokia 6208 classic, Nokia 6212 classic, Nokia 6300i, Nokia 6301, Nokia 6500 classic, Nokia 6500 slide, Nokia 6600 fold, Nokia 6600 slide, Nokia 6600i slide, Nokia 7210 Supernova, Nokia 7310 Supernova, Nokia 7610 Supernova, Nokia 7900 Prism, Nokia 8800 Arte, Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte, Nokia 8800 Gold Arte
S40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1 LE
Nokia 2220 slide, Nokia 2320 classic, Nokia 2323 classic, Nokia 2330 classic, Nokia 2680 slide, Nokia 2720 fold, Nokia 5000, Nokia 7100 Supernova
S40 5th Edition LE
Nokia 1680 classic, Nokia 2600 classic, Nokia 2630, Nokia 2660, Nokia 2760, Nokia 7070 Prism
S40 6th Edition
Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition, Nokia 3710 fold, Nokia 3720 classic, Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition, Nokia 6260 slide, Nokia 6303 classic, Nokia 6303i classic, Nokia 6350, Nokia 6700 classic, Nokia 6750 Mural, Nokia 7020, Nokia 7230, Nokia 7510 Supernova, Nokia X3
S60 1.0
Nokia 3600, Nokia 3620, Nokia 3650, Nokia 3660, Nokia 7650, Nokia N-Gage, Nokia N-Gage QD
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 0
Nokia 6600
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 1
Nokia 3230, Nokia 6260, Nokia 6620, Nokia 6670, Nokia 7610
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 2
Nokia 6630, Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681, Nokia 6682
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 3
Nokia N70, Nokia N72, Nokia N90
S60 3rd Edition
Nokia N75
S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 0
Nokia 3250, Nokia 5500 Sport, Nokia E50, Nokia E60, Nokia E61, Nokia E61i, Nokia E62, Nokia E65, Nokia E70, Nokia N71, Nokia N73, Nokia N77, Nokia N80, Nokia N91, Nokia N91 8GB, Nokia N92, Nokia N93, Nokia N93i
S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1
Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, Nokia 6110 Navigator, Nokia 6110 Navigator, Nokia 6120 classic, Nokia 6121 classic, Nokia 6124 classic, Nokia 6290, Nokia E51, Nokia E63, Nokia E66, Nokia E71, Nokia E90 Communicator, Nokia N76, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N82, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N95-3 NAM
S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2
Nokia 5320 XpressMusic, Nokia 5630 XpressMusic, Nokia 5730 XpressMusic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6650 fold, Nokia 6700 slide, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 6720 classic, Nokia 6730 classic, Nokia 6760 slide, Nokia 6788, Nokia 6790 slide, Nokia 6790 Surge, Nokia C5-00, Nokia E52, Nokia E55, Nokia E71x, Nokia E72, Nokia E75, Nokia N78, Nokia N79, Nokia N85, Nokia N86 8MP, Nokia N96, Nokia N96-3

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New app for Nokia devices was introduced earlier today by Nokia Beta Labs called “Nokia Mobile Communities“. Nokia Mobile Communities provides a unique way to connect with people by creating private and public communities. Private communities, called Conversations, help you connect with friends, families and coworkers. Public communities, called Streams, allow you to follow people and topics that matter to you.
During this beta trial, the service is only available to users in India. While the app will work on all Nokia devices that support Java, they optimized the application for S40 phones with 240×320 screen resolution. Keeping the Indian context in mind, presently SMS is the bearer of communication for the service to reduce cost to the user. A simple-SMS interface is also supported, especially for non-Nokia devices.

Nokia Mobile Communities is our attempt to provide a complete communities experience to the aforesaid users on the mobile phone without a dependency on the web or PC. The product has two main flavors – Conversations and Streams. Conversations, is ideal for short group chats with your social network (like coordinating when to meet for a movie or to occasionally check how things are going). Streams, helps create channels for community building and following a topic (e.g. career tips, hyper-local news) or a person (e.g. fan group for a Bollywood star).

List of compatible phones:

S40 devices
Nokia 6216 classic
S40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 0
Nokia 3610 fold, Nokia 6263, Nokia 6267, Nokia 6555, Nokia 7500 Prism
S40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1
Nokia 2690, Nokia 2700 classic, Nokia 2730 classic, Nokia 3120 classic, Nokia 3208 classic, Nokia 3555, Nokia 3600 slide, Nokia 5130 XpressMusic, Nokia 5220 XpressMusic, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, Nokia 5610 XpressMusic, Nokia 6208 classic, Nokia 6212 classic, Nokia 6300i, Nokia 6301, Nokia 6500 classic, Nokia 6500 slide, Nokia 6600 fold, Nokia 6600 slide, Nokia 6600i slide, Nokia 7210 Supernova, Nokia 7310 Supernova, Nokia 7610 Supernova, Nokia 7900 Prism, Nokia 8800 Arte, Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte, Nokia 8800 Gold Arte
S40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1 LE
Nokia 2220 slide, Nokia 2320 classic, Nokia 2323 classic, Nokia 2330 classic, Nokia 2680 slide, Nokia 2720 fold, Nokia 5000, Nokia 7100 Supernova
S40 5th Edition LE
Nokia 1680 classic, Nokia 2600 classic, Nokia 2630, Nokia 2660, Nokia 2760, Nokia 7070 Prism
S40 6th Edition
Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition, Nokia 3710 fold, Nokia 3720 classic, Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition, Nokia 6260 slide, Nokia 6303 classic, Nokia 6303i classic, Nokia 6350, Nokia 6700 classic, Nokia 6750 Mural, Nokia 7020, Nokia 7230, Nokia 7510 Supernova, Nokia X3
S60 1.0
Nokia 3600, Nokia 3620, Nokia 3650, Nokia 3660, Nokia 7650, Nokia N-Gage, Nokia N-Gage QD
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 0
Nokia 6600
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 1
Nokia 3230, Nokia 6260, Nokia 6620, Nokia 6670, Nokia 7610
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 2
Nokia 6630, Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681, Nokia 6682
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 3
Nokia N70, Nokia N72, Nokia N90
S60 3rd Edition
Nokia N75
S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 0
Nokia 3250, Nokia 5500 Sport, Nokia E50, Nokia E60, Nokia E61, Nokia E61i, Nokia E62, Nokia E65, Nokia E70, Nokia N71, Nokia N73, Nokia N77, Nokia N80, Nokia N91, Nokia N91 8GB, Nokia N92, Nokia N93, Nokia N93i
S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1
Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, Nokia 6110 Navigator, Nokia 6110 Navigator, Nokia 6120 classic, Nokia 6121 classic, Nokia 6124 classic, Nokia 6290, Nokia E51, Nokia E63, Nokia E66, Nokia E71, Nokia E90 Communicator, Nokia N76, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N82, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N95-3 NAM
S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2
Nokia 5320 XpressMusic, Nokia 5630 XpressMusic, Nokia 5730 XpressMusic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6650 fold, Nokia 6700 slide, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 6720 classic, Nokia 6730 classic, Nokia 6760 slide, Nokia 6788, Nokia 6790 slide, Nokia 6790 Surge, Nokia C5-00, Nokia E52, Nokia E55, Nokia E71x, Nokia E72, Nokia E75, Nokia N78, Nokia N79, Nokia N85, Nokia N86 8MP, Nokia N96, Nokia N96-3

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Windows Phone 7 to Be Launched Today

  It's been a long wait, but the launch day has finally arrived. Today, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is expected to officially launch its latest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, and to announce when the first handsets running under it would land on shelves. 

Last year this time, the company brought to shelves another OS version, Windows Mobile 6.5, which later became Windows Phone 6.5, and which was nothing more than a version upgrade for the older Windows Mobile 6.1. 

Unlike 6.5, Windows Phone 7, which was unveiled officially back in February during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, brings a breath of fresh air to Microsoft's mobile offering, which lost ground lately in front of more powerful rivals like Android, BlackBerry or iOS. 

With the new OS version, users would get a brand new experience from their Windows Phones, including a new user interface, redesigned menus, better integration with social networking, a new Marketplace, and more.

The new Windows Phone 7 is said to be revolutionary and, when compared to the previous versions of the platform, it cannot be seen differently, that's for sure.

However, the main attraction of the day won't be the mobile operating system in itself, but the mobile phones running under it, which should go official today, as well as the exact shipping dates for various markets around the world. 

Rumors on Windows Phone 7 devices have started to emerge ever since a few months ago, and handsets like HTC HD7, HTC Trophy, Samsung Cedar, HTC Mondrian, LG E900, LG C900, and many others made it to the headlines quite a few times before. 

As far as rumor goes, today's announcement should unveil the fact that Windows Phone 7 handsets are set to land on the European market starting with October 21st, while US users would receive them beginning with November 8th.

However, it remains to be seen which carriers would launch Windows Phone 7 devices first, as well as what devices would land on shelves before the end of the ongoing year. 

The launch event should take place today, October 11th, at 9:30 a.m. ET, in New York, (02:30PM, London), where Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, would announce officially the upcoming release of Windows Phone 7 handsets in the US.

We'll keep an eye on the news surrounding the Windows Phone 7 launch, so check with us again lately today to learn more on what Microsoft has to unveil to the world.

Windows Phone 7 to Be Launched Today

  It's been a long wait, but the launch day has finally arrived. Today, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is expected to officially launch its latest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, and to announce when the first handsets running under it would land on shelves. 

Last year this time, the company brought to shelves another OS version, Windows Mobile 6.5, which later became Windows Phone 6.5, and which was nothing more than a version upgrade for the older Windows Mobile 6.1. 

Unlike 6.5, Windows Phone 7, which was unveiled officially back in February during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, brings a breath of fresh air to Microsoft's mobile offering, which lost ground lately in front of more powerful rivals like Android, BlackBerry or iOS. 

With the new OS version, users would get a brand new experience from their Windows Phones, including a new user interface, redesigned menus, better integration with social networking, a new Marketplace, and more.

The new Windows Phone 7 is said to be revolutionary and, when compared to the previous versions of the platform, it cannot be seen differently, that's for sure.

However, the main attraction of the day won't be the mobile operating system in itself, but the mobile phones running under it, which should go official today, as well as the exact shipping dates for various markets around the world. 

Rumors on Windows Phone 7 devices have started to emerge ever since a few months ago, and handsets like HTC HD7, HTC Trophy, Samsung Cedar, HTC Mondrian, LG E900, LG C900, and many others made it to the headlines quite a few times before. 

As far as rumor goes, today's announcement should unveil the fact that Windows Phone 7 handsets are set to land on the European market starting with October 21st, while US users would receive them beginning with November 8th.

However, it remains to be seen which carriers would launch Windows Phone 7 devices first, as well as what devices would land on shelves before the end of the ongoing year. 

The launch event should take place today, October 11th, at 9:30 a.m. ET, in New York, (02:30PM, London), where Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, would announce officially the upcoming release of Windows Phone 7 handsets in the US.

We'll keep an eye on the news surrounding the Windows Phone 7 launch, so check with us again lately today to learn more on what Microsoft has to unveil to the world.